St. Croix’s Abdul Pemberton Arrested With Loaded Glock, Ski Mask at Gas Station

ARRESTED FOR OPENLY CARRYING A LOADED GUN AT TIDE VILLAGE AREA GAS STATION: ABDUL PEMBERTON

CHRISTIANSTED –A concerned citizen called the 911 Emergency Call Center at 6:49 p.m. Thursday to say that a black man with starter locks and wearing a green shirt had a hand gun at the Eastway Service Station.

Police from the Marshall Command Police Station responded with other units at the Tide Village-area gas station and contacted a black male who identified himself as 26-year-old Abdul Pemberton.

Police were able to retrieve a black Glock 30 .45 Caliber pistol/holster with one loaded magazine with one round chambered, an additional fully loaded magazine with 10 rounds; a total of 20 live rounds and a black ski mask.

Pemberton was charged with carrying of firearm; openly or concealed, possession or Sale of ammunition, possession of a firearm within a 1,000 foot of a school, and contempt of court.

At the probable cause hearing today the Superior Court Magistrate found probable cause for Pemberton’s arrest.

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John McCarthy

John McCarthy has been reporting on the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Caribbean region since 1989. John's articles have appeared in the BVI Beacon, St. Croix Avis, San Juan Star and Virgin Islands Daily News. He is originally from Detroit, Michigan.